AP PhotoDetroit's Valterri Filppula, center, is congratulated by teammates after scoring against Chicago on Saturday night.

CHICAGO -- Chris Osgood had waited nearly 10 months for a win, so waiting an extra 20 minutes for Saturday’s game to start, following the Chicago Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup banner-raising ceremony, was no sweat for the Detroit Red Wings goaltender.

“We just took our (equipment) off and relaxed (in the locker room), watched a little baseball,’’ Osgood said. “We’re one of the oldest teams in the league, we don’t get excited about too much.’’

After all the pomp and circumstance, the Red Wings, behind 26 saves from Osgood and two goals from Valtteri Filppula, spoiled Chicago’s party, edging the Blackhawks 3-2 at the United Center.

The Red Wings are 2-0, after starting last season 0-2, when they dropped a pair of games to the St. Louis Blues in Sweden.

“It’s an emotional night for them, raising the banner, and the Cup was in the building, so we wanted to play real well on the road,’’ Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. “I thought we had our legs going real well, controlling the play and having the puck a lot in their zone.’’

It was Osgood’s 397th career win, his first since Dec. 12 of last season (3-2 at Nashville in overtime). He started only four more games the rest of the season, losing all four, as Jimmy Howard established himself as the go-to guy.

"It feels good,’’ Osgood said. “It was a horrible second half last year. (But) every year is separate. I was really looking forward to coming back this year.

“It’s important to get off to a good start. I got play well, I got to earn my starts, I got to push. That’s essentially what my job is.’’

Coach Mike Babcock said it was great that Osgood would be leaving the building feeling good about himself. His teammates also felt good for him.

“I was jacked for him,’’ Todd Bertuzzi said. “If anyone deserves a win it was him. He’s been working hard and looking really good. He was absolutely sharp tonight, especially on the PK. The PK did a really good job, but I think he was the catalyst behind it.’’

He got all the offensive support he needed from the second line of Filppula, Bertuzzi and Johan Franzen. The unit that was under fire from Babcock for much of the preseason for failing to “engage’’ has started strong.

Filppula snapped a 2-2 tie with his second goal of the game, on the power play, at 6:01 of the third period. Streaking down the left wing, he took a pass from Jiri Hudler and slipped by defenseman John Scott, who stumbled. Filppula then got a break, as the puck slid off his stick and past Blackhawks goalie Marty Turco.

“The ice was a bit soft there, I think (Scott) just hit a rut and fell down,’’ Filppula said. “It was a good pass. I had a lot of speed there.

“I was trying to move it to my forehand and I just totally lost it. It went five-hole. Definitely a lot of luck.’’

The Red Wings needed to kill three penalties following the tie-breaking goal to preserve the win.

“Our special teams won the game,’’ Osgood said. “Our penalty-kill was real good in the third period. We were getting in lanes, blocking a lot of their cross-ice passes.’’

The Red Wings dominated Turco when he played for the Dallas Stars. He signed with the Blackhawks in the off-season after the Stars opted not to bring him back. He still is having trouble beating Detroit, against whom is he 6-13-5 lifetime.

The Blackhawks have a different look at the bottom end of their roster after they forced to shed salary in the offseason to get under the cap. They lost a lot of their big, gritty third-and fourth-line forwards, but maintain a strong nucleus of stars up front and on defense.

Bertuzzi put the Red Wings ahead 2-1 at 1:15 of the second period, corralling a rebound off the back boards and quickly slipping it past Turco from the side of the net.

The Blackhawks tied it just 34 seconds later when Bryan Bickell’s shot from the slot deflected off Detroit defenseman Ruslan Salei and past Osgood.

The Red Wings ended the first period in frustrating fashion, as Brent Seabrook scored a power-play goal with one-half second remaining to tie it at 1-1.

Seabrook was wide open in front of the net when he took a pass from Marian Hossa and roofed a shot over Osgood.

The Red Wings started strong, outshooting the Blackhawks 7-1 at one point. The opened the scoring at 12:59 when Franzen, from the high slot, made a nice pass to Filppula, who was parked at the side of the net and redirected the puck past Turco.

“I thought we started the game good,’’ Babcock said. “We didn’t have much energy, it was pretty apparent. (Playing) back-to-back, we knew coming in this was going to be a tough game just because of the energy level. I thought our guys competed in the third period. With the three penalties we took we made it real hard on ourselves.’’